Ludovico Einaudi

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Ludovico Einaudi 2018 in Tehran
Ludovico Einaudi at the ZMF 2016 in Freiburg

Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi ( Italian [ ludoˈviːko eiˈnaudi ], born November 23, 1955 in Turin ) is an Italian composer and pianist .

family

Ludovico Einaudi comes from an influential Italian family. His grandfather Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) was President of Italy from 1948 to 1955 , his other grandfather was a composer and conductor . His father, the Turin publisher Giulio Einaudi , founded a prestigious publishing house in 1933, which is one of the most important institutions of literary life in the country. His daughter Jessica Einaudi is a singer and songwriter.

biography

Einaudi grew up in an artistic family between politicians and artists, media professionals and authors; his mother taught him to play the piano at an early age. Einaudi was trained at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan , where he studied with the avant-garde composer Luciano Berio . In 1982 he received a scholarship for the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts / USA.

He mainly lives on his grandparents' winery in Piedmont .

music

He celebrated his first successes as a film composer. After successfully writing a soundtrack for Andrea De Carlos Treno di panna (English: Creamtrain) in 1988, similar projects followed. In the mid-1990s, he began with solo piano programs, stylistically based on Ryūichi Sakamoto , Philip Glass , Didier Squiban or Erik Satie . After numerous compositions (chamber music and orchestral works), Einaudi began to be interested in song structures by pop artists such as PJ Harvey , Radiohead , Björk and Coldplay .

He is one of the most famous pianists and composers in Italy. In the UK, he became known to mainstream audiences in 1996 with his first solo album, Le Onde .

He describes his style of music himself with the following quote:

"In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else."

"In general, I don't like definitions, but 'minimalist' is a term that denotes elegance and openness, so I'd rather be called a minimalist than anything else."

Contrary to its own classification, today it is mainly perceived as an important representative of neo-classical music .

Awards

Compositions

Orchestral works

  • 1981: Per vie d'acqua for orchestra - world premiere under the direction of Luciano Berio in Rovereto, November 1981 '
  • 1982: Rondo for mezzo-soprano and orchestra - world premiere under the direction of Luciano Berio in the Foro Italico, Rome, February 1983 '
  • 1984: Altissimo for chamber orchestra
  • 1985: Crossing for big band
  • 1986: Movimento for orchestra
  • 1988: Contatti for jazz band
  • 1995: Chatrang overture for band and orchestra
  • 1995: Suite from the ballet Salgari for chamber orchestra - world premiere at Lincoln Center, New York, September 1995 '
  • 1997: Selim for trumpet and orchestra , dedicated to Miles Davis
  • 1999: Soundtrack for the Italian film “ Not from this world(Fuori dal mondo) by Giuseppe Piccioni
  • 2002: Divenire for piano, strings and two harps - commissioned work for the festival "Sounds of the Dolomites"
  • 2004: Una mattina

Stage music

  • 1983: Sul Filo di Orfeo - ballet music
  • 1988: Time Out - ballet music, collaboration with Andrea De Carlo and ISO Dance Theater
  • 1991: The Emperor - ballet music, world premiere with ISO Dance Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, August 1991
  • 1993: Salgari - ballet / opera, commissioned by the Arena di Verona with texts by Emilio Salgari a . a.
  • 1997: EA Poe - silent film project

Chamber music

  • 20 compositions for chamber music ensembles

Filmography (selection)

  • 1988: Treno di panna (Director: Andrea De Carlo)
  • 1994: Da qualche parte in città (Direction: Michele Sordillo)
  • 1996: Acquario (Direction: Michele Sordillo)
  • 1998: Aprile (Director: Nanni Moretti )
  • 1998: Giorni dispari (Direction: Dominick Tambasco)
  • 1999: Out of this world (Fuori dal mondo) (Director: Giuseppe Piccioni)
  • 2000: La vita altrui (Direction: Michele Sordillo)
  • 2000: An Impossible Crime ( Un delitto impossibile ) (Director: Antonio Luigi Grimaldi)
  • 2001: Zeno - The words of my father ( Le parole di mio padre ) (Director: Francesca Comencini)
  • 2001: Alexandria (Director: Maria Iliou)

Discography

  • 1996: Le onde ( BMG Ricordi , IT: goldgold)
  • 1997: punch ( RCA / Victor )
  • 2001: I giorni (BMG Ricordi, UK:silversilver)
  • 2002: Eden Roc (BMG Ricordi)
  • 2004: In un'altra vita (BMG Ricordi)
  • 2004: La Scala: Concert 03 03 03 (BMG Ricordi)
  • 2004: Una mattina ( Decca , IT:goldgold, UK: silversilver)
  • 2005: Diario Mali (Ponderosa)
  • 2006: Divenire (Decca, UK:silversilver)
  • 2007: The Collection (UK:goldgold)
  • 2008: Live in Berlin ( Klassik Radio Records)
  • 2009: Nightbook
  • 2010: The Royal Albert Hall Concert (Decca)
  • 2010: I primi capolavori (BMG, IT:goldgold)
  • 2011: Islands-Essential Einaudi (Decca, UK, IT:goldgold)
  • 2012: Essentiel (Music Development Company)
  • 2013: In a Time Lapse (Decca, UK:silversilver)
  • 2015: Taranta Project
  • 2015: Elements (IT:goldgold, UK: silversilver)
  • 2019: Seven Days Walking

Singles with awards

  • 2004: Una mattina (IT:platinumplatinum)
  • 2004: Nuvole bianche (IT:Double platinum× 2Double platinum , UK: silversilver)
  • 2004: Le onde (IT:goldgold)
  • 2005: I giorni (UK:silversilver)
  • 2007: Divenire (IT:goldgold)

swell

  1. Matteo Cruccu: Jessica Einaudi In: Corriere della sera. March 10, 2010.
  2. ARTE Lounge 8. Ludovico Einaudi ( Memento from October 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the ARTE website , accessed on September 17, 2012.
  3. Interview in LA Weekly of November 13, 2008
  4. Ciampi consegna le onorificenze Benigni è Cavaliere di Gran Croce . In: La Repubblica of June 2, 2005, accessed September 16, 2012 (Italian).
  5. Awards for music sales: IT
  6. Music Sales Awards: UK

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